USACHPPMS TICK TEST KIT PROGRAM

1
USACHPPMS TICK TEST KIT PROGRAM Ticks Removed
from Humans, CY 2000
Positive Results
Species
Identified
Tested
LD1
HME2
HGE3
RMSF4
Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick a.k.a. deer
tick)
379
16
386
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84
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Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)
2529
2554
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36
8
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Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)
485
485
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0
Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick)
0
2
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)
3
3
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0
Ixodes pacificus (western black-legged tick)
1
1
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0
0
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Totals
3431
3397
16
36
92
0

• Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi
• Human monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia
  chaffeensis

3. Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by a
currently unnamed pathogen 4. Rocky mountain
spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii
6 of these ticks were coinfected with B.
burgdorferi and the agent of HGE